Black Scorpion (1995)
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34% of users liked it
(451 ratings)
This B-movie from director Rodman Flender (The Unborn) was originally broadcast on Showtime's Roger Corman Presents series. Joan Severance stars as a cop who becomes a leather-clad superhero named Black Scorpion when her father is murdered in a barroom shooting. The murder is part of a seemingly… More This B-movie from director Rodman Flender (The Unborn) was originally broadcast on Showtime's Roger Corman Presents series. Joan Severance stars as a cop who becomes a leather-clad superhero named Black Scorpion when her father is murdered in a barroom shooting. The murder is part of a seemingly random crimewave engineered by an asthmatic villain called the Breathtaker, who wears a big metal suit like comic book bad-guy Dr. Doom. Breathtaker is planning to turn the whole city into his wheezing slaves by way of poisoned gas masks, and Severance must stop him. In between, she gets former car-thief Argyle (Saturday Night Live alumnus Garrett Morris) to build her a super Scorpion-mobile and tries to keep her identity secret from former partner/lover Bruce Abbott (Re-Animator). ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jonathan Winfrey
- Written By
- Craig J. Nevius
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Television, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Aug 22, 1995 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
A cheesy and awfully campy superhero schlock gem...
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
For all its broad (and periodically inane) silliness, Black Scorpion is a b-flick that delivers what it promises, with a whole lotta Severance on the side.
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Cast
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Joan Severance
as Darcy Walker
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Garrett Morris
as Argyle
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Bruce Abbott
as Michael Russo
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Rick Rossovich
as Walker
- Bradford Tatum
- Casey Siemaszko